New Blocks can often ignore action and filter hooks in php or theme templates. This plugin hopes to solve that using shortcodes!
As of April 2026, Action Runner by The Rite Sites is a WordPress hooks plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Genesis Simple Hooks.
With the increasing popularity of blocks, developers and store owners alike have been finding some templating features missing normally available through the use of PHP and WordPress Hooks.
The WordPress community is hard at work to create the extensibility tools and framework that exists in PHP into javascript, but some of the tools are not quite there!
This plugin creates a couple new shortcodes to help bridge the gap temporarily, as well as help users/admins with “templating” without going into your theme or plugins.
The first shortcode is in relation to WordPress Actions and aptly follows the parameter naming convention.
[action_runner_trs name="woocommerce_before_cart"]
The second shortcode, in relation to WordPress Filters
[filter_runner_trs name="woocommerce_shipping_e…| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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